[TPR] Cherry Poppin' Daddies

bob Radefeld bob at radefeld.com
Sun Aug 26 14:43:48 PDT 2012 

Ahh, YES. That fact momentarily escaped me!! :o((

Rowdy



On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> **
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
> ******************************     http://www.racingagainstautism.comhttp://www.teampanteraracing.comhttp://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>
>
> On 8/26/2012 10:02 AM, Teampantera wrote:
>
> Keep us out of trouble?
> TIGGGA PLEEEEAZE....we're gonnabe popping his cherry
>
> bob Radefeld <bob at radefeld.com> <bob at radefeld.com> wrote:
>
> >Way to go Asa, you're really cook'in with gas now!! BTW, I did Jack's two
> >piece conversion on my car a few years back & yea, it was a PIA project!
> If
> >you run into any problems with mounting the bubble back on to the engine
> >cover feel free to e-mail or give me a shout & I'll try & help if I can.
> In
> >the meanwhile, keep plugging away so you can be @ SSCC to keep Dawgy &
> >the boys out of trouble!! :o))
> >
> >Rowdy
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:06 PM, B Hower <b.hower3400 at yahoo.com><b.hower3400 at yahoo.com>wrote:
> >
> >>   Glad to here it is going well ------- I know you put in lots of effort
> >> and hours.
> >>
> >> Bud #3400
> >>
> >> --- On *Sat, 8/25/12, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com><asajay at asajay.com>*
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> <asajay at asajay.com>
> >> Subject: [TPR] ... and it's another Saturday in the history books.
> >> To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> >> Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 11:00 PM
> >>
> >>
> >>  Today, I took the plunge of hacking up my perfectly good (well not
> >> -perfectly- good, but you get the idea) firewall cover.  Using the
> >> instructions provided by Jack DeRyke in the POCA newsletter, January
> 2006
> >> edition, I cut the bubble out of my firewall cover.  <gasp>
> >>
> >> Well, I -had- planned on keeping it in one piece for posterity, but
> being
> >> a bit cheap these days decided to go ahead and try for a two-piece.  If
> I
> >> ever want to have a one piece again... I'll buy one later.
> >>
> >> It was -not- as easy as Jack made it out to be.  In my case, I had to
> >> remove the entire surround trim that goes up one side, across the top
> and
> >> down the other side.  There was no way for me to remove the vinyl at the
> >> top of the bubble without doing so.  -That- is a pain in the ass job.
> >>
> >> Once I got that off, the rest went pretty easy.  I hope I got it cut in
> >> the right place, because it's a done deal now.  I've not tried it in the
> >> car yet; it's after quitting time for today.  I got the trim back on the
> >> main panel and tried to glue the vinyl wrapped on the backside.
> Tomorrow
> >> I'll wrap and glue the bubble, then try it all out for size.
> >>
> >> I also drilled the shoulder bolt holes in the rear hoop of my cage.
> >> I also picked up a 10" air cleaner from Napa, cheap, and will run it
> until
> >> I can get the proper sized/shaped one from K&N.  Oh, and with that,
> Shelley
> >> and I put the deck lid on too.
> >>
> >> Monday, I start driving it to work daily to get the engine broken in.
> >>
> >> Asa Jay
> >>
> >> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> >> & Shelley Marie
> >> Spokane, WA
> >> ******************************
> http://www.racingagainstautism.comhttp://www.teampanteraracing.comhttp://facebook.com/racingagainstautism<http://www.racingagainstautism.comhttp//www.teampanteraracing.comhttp://facebook.com/racingagainstautism>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/24/2012 9:04 PM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
> >>
> >> Shelley, Sam and I just got back from a three day vacation in the woods
> >> near the south end of Lake Coeur d' Alene, at Heyburn State Park.  A
> small
> >> 12'x12' cabin, one room, bunk beds.  Out door flushless toilet (read
> that
> >> as *Outhouse*), no showers, but luckily a standpipe with cool clear
> fresh
> >> water.
> >>
> >> It's all good, we've had our showers now that we're home.  :)
> >>
> >> Back to the Pantera.
> >> It suddenly hit me sometime yesterday.  I can't put my deck lid on,
> >> because the air cleaner is now too high.  It's not a matter of wanting
> to
> >> put the engine screen on, no... it's a matter of the 14" air filter
> sticks
> >> out past the deck lid line by about an inch and a half.  When I had the
> >> stock manifold on it was no problem, the air filter fit tight -under-
> the
> >> decklid.  Now with the aluminum dual-plane FPP-4145 plus a half-inch
> >> spacer, the whole thing is too tall by about an inch.
> >>
> >> DRAT!
> >>
> >> It's always something isn't it?  heheheh
> >> Three options come readily to mind.  (not to mention the dogbone air
> >> cleaner which I honestly just don't like the looks of).
> >> Option 1, offset base plate for the air filter, also the least
> expensive,
> >> and possibly can be sourced locally:
> >> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10
> >>
> >> Option 2, Triangular K&N filter assembly, 14" diameter but we all know
> how
> >> the geometry of a triangle works, right?  We'd simply point this toward
> the
> >> window, leaving the flat edge parallel to and a half inch or so from the
> >> leading edge of the deck lid:
> >> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10
> >>
> >> Option 3, an oval air cleaner, mount it sideways, valve cover to valve
> >> cover.  I don't know this option has as much CFM capacity though:
> >> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10
> >>
> >> I'll be calling around Spokane tomorrow to see if I can source the
> offset
> >> base; cheapest and easiest.  Then, I'll begin work on turning my
> one-piece
> >> firewall cover into a two-piece firewall cover.  I have no reason to
> >> believe that won't go well, so then the next item will be to get the
> roll
> >> cage rear hoop in place, drill the holes for the shoulder bolts (the
> stock
> >> attach point) and maybe bolt it in place.  I say maybe because if I can
> get
> >> a friend to help fix the drivers side hoop connection holes, maybe I'll
> >> take it all in for powder coating and install the whole thing.  I also
> need
> >> to look at sourcing some roll bar padding.  I guess I better start
> looking
> >> that up now.  :)
> >>
> >> I think vacation is over.
> >> Asa Jay
> >>
> >> --
> >> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> >> & Shelley Marie
> >> Spokane, WA
> >> ******************************
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> >>
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> Way to go Asa, you're really cook'in with gas now!! BTW, I did Jack's two
> piece conversion on my car a few years back & yea, it was a PIA project! If
> you run into any problems with mounting the bubble back on to the engine
> cover feel free to e-mail or give me a shout & I'll try & help if I can. In
> the meanwhile, keep plugging away so you can be @ SSCC to keep Dawgy &
> the boys out of trouble!! :o))
>
> Rowdy
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:06 PM, B Hower <b.hower3400 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>   Glad to here it is going well ------- I know you put in lots of effort
>> and hours.
>>
>> Bud #3400
>>
>> --- On *Sat, 8/25/12, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
>> Subject: [TPR] ... and it's another Saturday in the history books.
>> To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
>> Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 11:00 PM
>>
>>
>>  Today, I took the plunge of hacking up my perfectly good (well not
>> -perfectly- good, but you get the idea) firewall cover.  Using the
>> instructions provided by Jack DeRyke in the POCA newsletter, January 2006
>> edition, I cut the bubble out of my firewall cover.  <gasp>
>>
>> Well, I -had- planned on keeping it in one piece for posterity, but being
>> a bit cheap these days decided to go ahead and try for a two-piece.  If I
>> ever want to have a one piece again... I'll buy one later.
>>
>> It was -not- as easy as Jack made it out to be.  In my case, I had to
>> remove the entire surround trim that goes up one side, across the top and
>> down the other side.  There was no way for me to remove the vinyl at the
>> top of the bubble without doing so.  -That- is a pain in the ass job.
>>
>> Once I got that off, the rest went pretty easy.  I hope I got it cut in
>> the right place, because it's a done deal now.  I've not tried it in the
>> car yet; it's after quitting time for today.  I got the trim back on the
>> main panel and tried to glue the vinyl wrapped on the backside.  Tomorrow
>> I'll wrap and glue the bubble, then try it all out for size.
>>
>> I also drilled the shoulder bolt holes in the rear hoop of my cage.
>> I also picked up a 10" air cleaner from Napa, cheap, and will run it
>> until I can get the proper sized/shaped one from K&N.  Oh, and with that,
>> Shelley and I put the deck lid on too.
>>
>> Monday, I start driving it to work daily to get the engine broken in.
>>
>> Asa Jay
>>
>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>> & Shelley Marie
>> Spokane, WA
>> ******************************     http://www.racingagainstautism.comhttp://www.teampanteraracing.comhttp://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>>
>>
>> On 8/24/2012 9:04 PM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
>>
>> Shelley, Sam and I just got back from a three day vacation in the woods
>> near the south end of Lake Coeur d' Alene, at Heyburn State Park.  A small
>> 12'x12' cabin, one room, bunk beds.  Out door flushless toilet (read that
>> as *Outhouse*), no showers, but luckily a standpipe with cool clear
>> fresh water.
>>
>> It's all good, we've had our showers now that we're home.  :)
>>
>> Back to the Pantera.
>> It suddenly hit me sometime yesterday.  I can't put my deck lid on,
>> because the air cleaner is now too high.  It's not a matter of wanting to
>> put the engine screen on, no... it's a matter of the 14" air filter sticks
>> out past the deck lid line by about an inch and a half.  When I had the
>> stock manifold on it was no problem, the air filter fit tight -under- the
>> decklid.  Now with the aluminum dual-plane FPP-4145 plus a half-inch
>> spacer, the whole thing is too tall by about an inch.
>>
>> DRAT!
>>
>> It's always something isn't it?  heheheh
>> Three options come readily to mind.  (not to mention the dogbone air
>> cleaner which I honestly just don't like the looks of).
>> Option 1, offset base plate for the air filter, also the least expensive,
>> and possibly can be sourced locally:
>> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10
>>
>> Option 2, Triangular K&N filter assembly, 14" diameter but we all know
>> how the geometry of a triangle works, right?  We'd simply point this toward
>> the window, leaving the flat edge parallel to and a half inch or so from
>> the leading edge of the deck lid:
>> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10
>>
>> Option 3, an oval air cleaner, mount it sideways, valve cover to valve
>> cover.  I don't know this option has as much CFM capacity though:
>> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10
>>
>> I'll be calling around Spokane tomorrow to see if I can source the offset
>> base; cheapest and easiest.  Then, I'll begin work on turning my one-piece
>> firewall cover into a two-piece firewall cover.  I have no reason to
>> believe that won't go well, so then the next item will be to get the roll
>> cage rear hoop in place, drill the holes for the shoulder bolts (the stock
>> attach point) and maybe bolt it in place.  I say maybe because if I can get
>> a friend to help fix the drivers side hoop connection holes, maybe I'll
>> take it all in for powder coating and install the whole thing.  I also need
>> to look at sourcing some roll bar padding.  I guess I better start looking
>> that up now.  :)
>>
>> I think vacation is over.
>> Asa Jay
>>
>> --
>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>> & Shelley Marie
>> Spokane, WA
>> ******************************     http://www.racingagainstautism.comhttp://www.teampanteraracing.comhttp://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>>
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